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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM SDK Java Technology Edition affects IBM Development Package for Apache Spark (CVE-2015-7575)

Created by Stephen Hellberg on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/542977
542977

Security Bulletin


Summary

There is a vulnerability in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8.0 that is used by the IBM Development Package for Apache Spark. This vulnerability, commonly referred to as “SLOTH”, was disclosed as part of the IBM SDK updates in January 2016.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2015-7575
DESCRIPTION: The TLS protocol could allow weaker than expected security caused by a collision attack when using the MD5 hash function for signing a ServerKeyExchange message during a TLS handshake. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to impersonate a TLS server and obtain credentials. This vulnerability is commonly referred to as “SLOTH”.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109415 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/UI:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Development Package for Apache Spark v1.6.0 and earlier.

Remediation/Fixes

IBM Development Package for Apache Spark v1.6.0.1 and later

Workarounds and Mitigations

Users can address the issue by updating the /jre/lib/security/java.security file as follows (both steps are required):

  • Add MD5 to the jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2, RSA keySize < 1024, MD5
  • Add MD5withRSA to the jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms property - e.g. jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, DH keySize < 768, MD5withRSA

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

CVE-2015-7575 was reported to IBM by Karthikeyan Bhargavan at INRIA in Paris, France

Change History

29 February 2016 : Original version published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21977538

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